I have been looking forever for a photo of a personal hero of mine Muhammad Ali wearing glasses. Imagine my surprise when I was catching up on one of my favorite blogs the impossible cool to find the elusive photo. This just further confirms how truly cool the impossible cool is.

Johnny Depp in John Water’s 1990 film Cry-Baby.  We can’t say for sure who made the frames pictured, but Anglo American Eyewear has been in production since the 1860s, so it well could be.

The Fitz comes in a variety of colors and can be made into shades with a lens color of your choosing.  You’ll have to find your own leather jacket and pomade though.

Last night we were visited by Elizabeth Spiridakis who writes the super cool blog White Lightning. She told us that she has been wearing only contact lenses for the last 15 years because she didn’t like the way she looked in glasses. Well we love a challange, pulling out all the stops along with some champagne & gummi bears we helped her select the perfect pair. Check out White Lightning, and check back to see the frame she chose.

Artist Michael Kagan & Melissa Tiarks have become two of our best customers, and are both eyeglass fanatics. Their dog Dusty has one bad habit, and that is he loves to chew up eyeglasses, lenses and all. We are told he doesn’t chew up anything else just glasses. Melissa recently got a new pair that lasted less then 24 hours before Dusty got them. We promise he’s not on the payroll.

From his talk:

Joshua Silver reckons that around half the world’s population needs corrective eyewear, yet has no access to it. His ultra-utilitarian spectacle design relies on the principle that the fatter the lens, the more powerful it becomes. The lenses are filled with liquid, and can be adjusted to different strengths by adding or removing fluid from tiny syringes on each arm, then locked to the right strength.

More than 30,000 of his lenses have been distributed in 15 countries, and a new model will scale that number up to millions.

I have often found that someone who has tried progressive lenses and didn’t like them most likely had the lenses made to imprecise measurements. This mostly occurs from either inexperienced sales people taking those measurements, or sloppy lab work. Recently we discovered another less common cause that we call “Turtle Neck Syndrome”. This occurs when a patient who normally slouches, straightens their posture when being measured. This changes the O.C. (ocular center) which is critical for progressive lenses to work. Spotting someone with T.N.S. takes an experienced eye. If you think you can’t wear progressive lenses because they didn’t work for you before, think again.